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“THIS CITY MADE US” SINGLE RELEASE SHOW
As I said in the previous mailer, the fine people at Red Bull Sound Select have joined forces with us to make our single release show amazing and crazy cheap for everyone. All you have to do is RSVP HERE for free… and then pay 3 United States American Dollars at the door. Just don’t be late. Who knows if it will sell out?! Also, the first [# to be announced later] people through the door get some fancy free things, as well. Keep your eye on Facebook and Twitter for that info.

and while you’re in town, go visit the sweet mural at 5 Points in East Nashville.

Don’t forget, people at this show will be the first ones to be able to pre-order the “This City Made Us” 10inch record single (the rest of you have to wait until the next morning at 10am CST). If you pre-order at the show, you’ll be going home with a radical digital download code, and if you’re interested, a brand new fancy t-shirt!

NEW TOUR DATES
More shows have come in for the August tour (plus one Sept. show). This tour is gonna be short and sweet. And we won’t be heading back out that way for a while, since we’ve got a lot more studioing to do, so make sure you get to the ones you can get to. And while PAX is already sold out, we’ve got another Seattle show at El Corazon on Monday (Aug. 31st) to vanquish your tears. And as if another Seattle show wasn’t already fun enough, we’ll be joined by the ever marvelous Bit Brigade and………… Makeup And Vanity Set! Speaking of Vanity Set, his second pressing of Wilderness (featuring our very own Randy Panther) just came in and is in super short supply. Grab it before it’s gone.

It’s finally time to pull the lid off this one. What you’re looking at is the 10″ record single for the new hit Act III track, “This City Made Us.” It’s a pretty tough jam. Artwork by John DeLucca.

Now, you’re probably wondering what cover jam we put on the B-side… well, stop it. Haven’t we done enough? Seriously, we just put out a whole album of those. And there technically isn’t even a B-side on this record, because it’s listed as Side 2. But I’ll tell you that on that Side 2 is……. drumroll…. wait for it….. “Hold Back The Night.” There. We finally did it. You now know the official title of the song. And yes, it’s always been called that, but we didn’t want to ruin the speculatory fun. Mostly everyone eventually landed on the right side of history with it, though, so congratulations!

When can you get it, you ask? Well, we’ve partially learned our lesson here with dealing with vinyl, so we’re holding back the pre-sale until Aug 15th (10am CST – the morning after the release party we’re about to get to further down below). We didn’t like that everyone had to wait so long to get their Cover Up records (that was entirely on us for pulling the lid off too early). Hooweevverr, it did get the music in your hands quicker, so pros and cons. Either way, we’re trying to split the difference this time. When the pre-order starts, there will hopefully only be about a month and a half wait between pre-sale and shipping.

And, just like the Cover Up record, it comes with an instant 320kbs Mp3 download of the two songs, and the record itself has a download code inside for formats like WAV and FLAC.

Those of you who can make it to the show will be the first to hear the new jams, because we’ll have them available for pre-sale at the merch booth. Purchaseers (same thing as purchasers, but more fancy sounding) will receive a special download card at the merch booth, and your record will be shipped to you when they escape the record pressing plant. These records are very limited, so get to the show if you can. But if you can’t be at the show, be on the internet at 10am CST on Aug. 15th.

Red Bull was kind enough to partner with us on this show with their Red Bull Sound Select series. What that means to you is that it’s an 18+ single release show for only $3 dollars. And our good friend Ri¢hie will be there with us, and so will In The Whale.

A big heads up. It’s not a traditional “purchase your tickets in advance” type situation. What you do is go to this website and RSVP. This puts you on the list and then you just come to the show and pay your three dollars at the door. It doesn’t guarantee entry, but if you’re relatively early, you’ll almost certainly get in (unless we get super famous between now and then).

PAX PRIME
The prodigal sons and daughter return… after a two-year-long hiatus, we’re back at our beloved PAX on Aug. 30th. Seriously, it’s been too long. What can I say, we’ve had a lot going on. But now the time is right to bring the thunder back to Seattle. And this year’s lineup is extra great. MC Frontalot, Bit Brigade, our Aussie friends 7bit Hero, Freezepop, and The Returners are all gonna be there. And if I don’t get to play with an Oculus Rift or a Morpheus at this thing, someone’s gonna have a bad day.

EAST COAST
And in case any of you forgot, we’re starting our east coast tour tomorrow. Check out the dates below for everything we’ve got right now. More west coast shows are on the way very soon, so keep an eye on our Tour Page, as well as our Facebook and Twitters.